Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... causes , and that he had hit upon the necessary remedies . The evils from which Italy , or rather Roman Italy , was suffering in B.C. 134 were much the same as those through which rural England has been passing during the last twenty ...
... causes , and that he had hit upon the necessary remedies . The evils from which Italy , or rather Roman Italy , was suffering in B.C. 134 were much the same as those through which rural England has been passing during the last twenty ...
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... causes . To us it seems that the growth of the latifundia and the slave - gangs was the effect , and not the cause , of the decay of the free population in the Italy of B.C. 155–135 . B The fact simply was that under the stress of foreign.
... causes . To us it seems that the growth of the latifundia and the slave - gangs was the effect , and not the cause , of the decay of the free population in the Italy of B.C. 155–135 . B The fact simply was that under the stress of foreign.
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... caused by the want of fresh soil , and the celebrated Laelius had thought for a moment of proposing a resumption by the state of part of the broad acres of the squatters . But he dropped the project after discovering its practical diffi ...
... caused by the want of fresh soil , and the celebrated Laelius had thought for a moment of proposing a resumption by the state of part of the broad acres of the squatters . But he dropped the project after discovering its practical diffi ...
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... cause have nothing left , when they come back from the wars , but light and air . Without hearth or home , they wander like beggars from place to place with their wives and children . A Roman general does but mock his army when he ...
... cause have nothing left , when they come back from the wars , but light and air . Without hearth or home , they wander like beggars from place to place with their wives and children . A Roman general does but mock his army when he ...
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... causes , but from the greed of the rich ; they thought that , if started again with the state's aid and protection , they might yet live off the land . The purely urban multitude was moved with the emotional fervour of the harangue ...
... causes , but from the greed of the rich ; they thought that , if started again with the state's aid and protection , they might yet live off the land . The purely urban multitude was moved with the emotional fervour of the harangue ...
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